About the author Rubén Bonifaz Nuño (1923-2013) explored diverse paths of literary creation -poetry, essay, translation, and university teaching- all of which he pursued with the same passion. If his poetry appears in the best pages of Ibero-American literature, then his translations and essays, which span from Greco-Latin antiquity to pre-Colombian Mexican iconography, are models of elegance, rigor, and perfection. They evoke universes of words, forms, and structures that together give life to one of most varied and fecund works of literature in Spanish. “Rubén Bonifaz Nuño is the poet of love, intimacy, and tenderness, the poet of chivalry, modesty, and virility, the generous poet who sings of happiness and sadness, solitude and pain, presence and absence” Hernán Lara Zavala • Beautiful pocket book edition with a compact disc allowing the reader to visit the virtual museum of the Ancient History of Mexico: more than 800 images of sculptures in nine thematic rooms. • Rubén Bonifaz Nuño was an authority on the philological and artistic world in Ibero-America. • The cosmogony Mesoamerican legend explained in this book is one of the most interesting keys of interpretation for the art of sculpture in the region. • The narration, brief and clear, and the format of the book, are extremely attractive. Author’s Awards National Prize of Sciences and Arts, 1974 Order of Merit in the rank of Commander, Italia, 1977 Master Honoris Causa for The University State of Mexico, 1980 Diploma of Honor at the xxxii Gala Capitol Roma, first to be awarded to a Spanish language writer, 1981 Doctor Honoris Causa for The University State of Colima, 1984 Latin American Award Letters Rafael Heliodoro Valle, 1984 Alfonso Reyes International Award, 1984 Doctor Honoris Causa for The University State of Mexico, 1985 Jorge Cuesta Award, 1985 Universidad Nacional Award, 1990 Doctor Honoris Causa for The University State of Veracruz, 1992 Commemorative Medal Palacio de Bellas Artes, 1997 Iberoamerican Award for Poetry Ramón López Velarde, 2000 Francisco Javier Clavijero Award, 2004 Rosario Castellanos Medal, 2005 Poetas del Mundo Latino “Víctor Sandoval” Award for lifetime achievement, 2007 9 UNAM Foreign Rights 2015 Wicke drawing (fragment) where indicated, from his view, the Colossal Heads chronological development.
UNAM Foreign Rights 2015
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